Hmm. nope. The point of confusion over which is which is irrelevant, the similarity in the names is enough to spark a lawsuit, the lawsuit starts off signficant news coverage...I'm sure you get the point by now.Vivi22 said:Your analogy is flawed since there is a legitimate claim that Scrolls isn't going to be confused with the Elder Scrolls series, whereas your example would be a blatant case of infringement.FarleShadow said:Or how a smaller company could just call their game 'Half Lives' and get instant, widespread publicity from the resultant lawsuit along with selling alot more copies of their indy game than they would have done as people 'buy it to see what the fuss was about'.
Maybe notch didn't intend that outcome, but that's what happened.
Also, fanboys thread!